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Thursday, April 10, 2014

NEWS, Luxor: tomb treasure could rival that of King Tut - Unexplained Mysteries

Archaeologist
John Romer believes he has identified the location of the tomb of three
Egyptian kings.

The 72-year-old has pinpointed cliffs on Luxor's west bank as the likely
location of a tomb belonging to priest kings Heridor, Piankh and Menkheperre.
If he's right then the tomb could contain one of the most significant treasure
troves ever found, rivaling even that of King Tutankhamun.

The suspected site of the tomb, Wadi el-Gharbi, has only been excavated once
before by Howard Carter back in 1916. The famed archaeologist spent only two
weeks working at the site before moving on, however he did find mounds of
limestone chippings such as those found next to royal tombs in the Valley of
Kings.

Now Romer is in a race to gain permission from Egyptian authorities to excavate
the site himself before someone else gets to it. "There are likely to be
canopic chests, objects of alabaster, gold-plated statues, and thrones, though
possibly not chariots," he said

John Lewis Romer (b. 30 September 1941, Surrey, UK) is a British Egyptologist, historian
and archaeologist, who has created and appeared in many TV archaeology series,
including Romer's Egypt, Ancient Lives, Testament, The
Seven Wonders of the World, Byzantium: The Lost Empire and Great
Excavations: The Story of Archaeology.